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Gymnothorax elegans Bliss, 1883

Elegant moray
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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 92 - 450 m (Ref. 37816). Deep-water

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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to the Ogasawara Islands.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 64.7 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 10713)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Ryggkotor: 141. Greenish with yellowish spots; brown stripe from chin to anus and alongside anal.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found in deep waters (Ref. 10713). May occur in crevices of steep drop-offs in as little as 25 m (Ref. 37816). Benthic (Ref. 58302).

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Randall, J.E. and D. Golani, 1995. Review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Red Sea. Bull. Mar. Sci. 56(3):849-880. (Ref. 10713)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 12.3 - 21.5, mean 18.3 °C (based on 75 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00047 (0.00025 - 0.00089), b=3.28 (3.13 - 3.43), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 8.37 [3.59, 18.07] mg/100g; Iron = 0.204 [0.097, 0.409] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.0, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.201 [0.080, 0.545] g/100g; Selenium = 13.1 [4.7, 33.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 35.5 [5.6, 215.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.356 [0.220, 0.567] mg/100g (wet weight);